Strong H2074זְבוּלֻן
Zebulun
- Transliteration
- zebûlûn zebûlûn zebûlûn
- Pronunciation
- {zeb-oo-loon'} {zeb-oo-loon'} zeb-oo-loon'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
From H2082; habitation;
{Zebulon} a son of Jacob; also his territory and tribe: - Zebulun.
{Zebulon} a son of Jacob; also his territory and tribe: - Zebulun.
Meaning of the name
Zebulun = "exalted"
Detailed definition
A man of the tribe of Zebulun living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.20;
son of: Israel (H3478) and Leah (H3812);
brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Issachar (H3485) and Dinah (H1783);
half-brother of: Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H836), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144);
father of: Sered (H5624), Elon (H356H) and Jahleel (H3177)
son of: Israel (H3478) and Leah (H3812);
brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Issachar (H3485) and Dinah (H1783);
half-brother of: Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H836), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144);
father of: Sered (H5624), Elon (H356H) and Jahleel (H3177)
In the biblical story
Zebulun
Israelite tribe, son of Jacob and Leah
Zebulun was the tenth son of Jacob, the sixth and last of Leah, and his descendants formed one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
In the Bible
Strong H2074 appears in 43 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- zebulun43
First verses
- Genesis 30:20And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
- Genesis 35:23The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
- Genesis 46:14And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
- Genesis 49:13Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
- Exodus 1:3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
- Numbers 1:9Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.
- Numbers 1:30Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
- Numbers 1:31Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
- Numbers 2:7Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun.
- Numbers 7:24On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer:
- Numbers 10:16And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
- Numbers 13:10Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
- Numbers 26:26Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.
- Numbers 34:25And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.
- Deuteronomy 27:13And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
- Deuteronomy 33:18And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.
- Joshua 19:10And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:
- Joshua 19:16This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.
- Joshua 19:27And turneth toward the sunrising to Beth–dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah–el toward the north side of Beth–emek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,
- Joshua 19:34And then the coast turneth westward to Aznoth–tabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising.